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the movements that elected obama how did they come over time? to vose and three, 2004, what was happening? also the tea party movement that seemed to come out of nowhere. it's in origin. how does it happen? occupy wall street. those were important things to take seriously from the social movement, we the people perspective. ..
the movements that elected obama how did they come over time? to vose and three, 2004, what was happening? also the tea party movement that seemed to come out of nowhere. it's in origin. how does it happen? occupy wall street. those were important things to take seriously from the social movement, we the people perspective. ..
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for many of these older people, seeing barack obama elected president must have been shocked due to the color of his skin. but we don't think it was namely that. we think it was the combination of that with the foreign father, the muslim middle name, the fact that young people saying obama, obama, obama. you could see her perception of the young people screaming his name at the inauguration. the fact that she was a college professor, very bad. college professors are seen as coming up with schemes for americans. all of those things were said, so next to those businesses, next to those prejudices, the black-white comments were down there. and what we heard. >> i will just say quickly that they were definitely being careful in the interviews. one moment in particular, there was a man who was saying he was a member of the john birch society. he was saying, we asked the opening question. he said i first became aware of the problem -- and then he stopped, and then he said i love foreigners, and changed the subject. [laughter] [laughter] >> obviously, you are being careful. you know you're tal
for many of these older people, seeing barack obama elected president must have been shocked due to the color of his skin. but we don't think it was namely that. we think it was the combination of that with the foreign father, the muslim middle name, the fact that young people saying obama, obama, obama. you could see her perception of the young people screaming his name at the inauguration. the fact that she was a college professor, very bad. college professors are seen as coming up with...
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they simply couldn't believe what they were saying that obama was probably going to win and that most democratic senate candidates were going to win. they were shellshocked in their own words, and if they cannot sort of accept the in critical reality, they are going to be in big trouble in the succeeding election. >> democrats became useless? >> well, they become useless and that they become the party of me too but less in that after three successive losses in the presidential elections in the 80's they kind of retool and become more friendly and many people think, and i happen to be one of them, for all but obama has excoriated as a kind of muslim and socialist that once, she's pretty much fulfiled george bush's third term in the national security matters. >> finally how does the middle class figure in to your thesis? >> the middle class figures and they are the ones that got shafted because there was a bipartisan move. clinton was president, the republicans mainly were running the congress when we had things like nafta, china most favored nation status, the wto, the world trade orga
they simply couldn't believe what they were saying that obama was probably going to win and that most democratic senate candidates were going to win. they were shellshocked in their own words, and if they cannot sort of accept the in critical reality, they are going to be in big trouble in the succeeding election. >> democrats became useless? >> well, they become useless and that they become the party of me too but less in that after three successive losses in the presidential...
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. >> paul, you wrote in the new york times magazine the obama before he was elected and the obama in the white house having different towns about posture. using the changes if he gets a second term? goes back to the tone he had before? >> i wrote about his policies around poverty and he stopped talking about poverty the last couple years. i would like to think he would go back to poverty in 2007. .. >> the low-income population grew 71%. the english language learning population grew 169%. these are the issues we have to address in this state. thank you all for joining us up. [laughter] >> this event took place at the 17th annual texas book festival in austin, texas. for more information about the festival visit texasbookfestival.org. >> brooke stoddard joined booktv at george mason university in virginia to talk about his book, "world in the balance." mr. stoddard was one of the authors appearing at the fall for the book festival, held annually at the university. this is just under half an hour. >> and you're watching booktv tv on c-span2. we are on location at george mason universit
. >> paul, you wrote in the new york times magazine the obama before he was elected and the obama in the white house having different towns about posture. using the changes if he gets a second term? goes back to the tone he had before? >> i wrote about his policies around poverty and he stopped talking about poverty the last couple years. i would like to think he would go back to poverty in 2007. .. >> the low-income population grew 71%. the english language learning...
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prime minister harper i think said it very well when president obama visited ottawa after the election when he said that a threat to the united states is a threat to canada and i think that very much captures the nature of the relationship that we have with one another. we are working to deal with managing the 5500-mile border, the longest border between two countries in the world. one of my predecessors once said that security always trumps trade in a relationship. and i think over the last 10 years we have learned a lot and one of the things we have learned is that the only way we are going to have a secure north america is to have a more efficient border, a better use of the resources that we have there. that has been a big part of the border initiative that president obama and prime minister harper have been working on and all the rest of us have been working on to make the border of more efficient and more effective. as ambassador doer said whether it is in libya, syria, iran, the middle east, asia, here in the western hemisphere again there are now two countries that are closer t
prime minister harper i think said it very well when president obama visited ottawa after the election when he said that a threat to the united states is a threat to canada and i think that very much captures the nature of the relationship that we have with one another. we are working to deal with managing the 5500-mile border, the longest border between two countries in the world. one of my predecessors once said that security always trumps trade in a relationship. and i think over the last 10...
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i saw president obama on tv a month or so before election seen he wasn't concerned about the deficit. i have a question to ask that i've been wondering. to solve these people on medicaid that obama put on medicaid, does that come out of the medicare program? >> guest: yes it does. it certainly does. part of the reason i like the right purpose on medicaid, essentially to broccoli and the program to the states -- this is not a cut in spending come up with in the future increases to population growth and inflation, something like that. we found the states do exactly what we did welfare in 1990s. most people on both sides argue well. the great thing about paul's proposal as it's not new stuff. a lot of it has to do is another context. what's new is he at the political courage and skill to put in a package you could pass out. >> host: the geo-plan is to create a fiscal crisis of them privatize social security and medicare. just go absolutely not true. looks great in the fiscal crisis is not done with medicare and social security right now. our aim is to say those programs and expand for fu
i saw president obama on tv a month or so before election seen he wasn't concerned about the deficit. i have a question to ask that i've been wondering. to solve these people on medicaid that obama put on medicaid, does that come out of the medicare program? >> guest: yes it does. it certainly does. part of the reason i like the right purpose on medicaid, essentially to broccoli and the program to the states -- this is not a cut in spending come up with in the future increases to...
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obama is re-elected in 2012, he will continue to veto repeal bills. so with the senate on january of last year and it's so very important that the drum beat because in canada, after -- since 1974, we still have the single payer system there some private clinics that are working but by 2014 it will be imfor possible to get rid of this government program. and so we have to do it now. >> i just want to underscore that's why it's so important as this court case becomes the topic of the news of the day, as the case gets closer, that we also don't forget to put -- that putting all our eggs in that basket is going solve this problem. so we must be vigilant. we have to depend on congress to do their job completely and fully and continuing the road to full repeal. next question. >> my name is chris unger. i'm a doctor. i'd like to take my scalpel to this whole problem, and i'd like to just cut it. let me ask first -- first a comment for everybody. when the system could come into existence, the impact on that as it intertwines with the declining reimbursement a
obama is re-elected in 2012, he will continue to veto repeal bills. so with the senate on january of last year and it's so very important that the drum beat because in canada, after -- since 1974, we still have the single payer system there some private clinics that are working but by 2014 it will be imfor possible to get rid of this government program. and so we have to do it now. >> i just want to underscore that's why it's so important as this court case becomes the topic of the news...
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he remarked recently that the fact that this is an election year is not an excuse for inaction. now, unfortunately, other than talk, the president and his liberal allies have done nothing to address either our rising debt or the fiscal cliff that we are quickly approaching, both of which are significantly hindering our economic recovery and job growth. last week, president obama's budget received zero votes in the united states senate. for the second year in a row, every republican and every democrat who voted on the president's budget voted against it. and remarkably, not one democrat voted for the serious republican budgets offered by my friend, chairman paul ryan, and my friends and colleagues, senator toomey, paul, and lee. while he talks a big game, president obama has shown little interest in lighting a meaningful path towards balancing the budget. reforming the tax code, and reducing the tax burden on working families and small businesses. instead, president obama seems to have a single-minded focus on his reelection. but while he attempts to scare up votes in swing state
he remarked recently that the fact that this is an election year is not an excuse for inaction. now, unfortunately, other than talk, the president and his liberal allies have done nothing to address either our rising debt or the fiscal cliff that we are quickly approaching, both of which are significantly hindering our economic recovery and job growth. last week, president obama's budget received zero votes in the united states senate. for the second year in a row, every republican and every...
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prime minister harper i think said it very well when president obama visited ottawa after the election when he said that a threat to the united states is a threat to canada and i think that very much captures the nature of the relationship that we have with one another. we are working to deal with managing the 5500-mile border, the longest border between two countries in the world. one of my predecessors once said that security always trumps trade in a relationship. and i think over the last 10 years we have learned a lot and one of the things we have learned is that the only way we are going to have a secure north america is to have a more efficient border, a better use of the resources that we have there. that has been a big part of the border initiative that president obama and prime minister harper have been working on and all the rest of us have been working on to make the border of more efficient and more effective. as ambassador doer said whether it is in libya, syria, iran, the middle east, asia, here in the western hemisphere again there are now two countries that are closer t
prime minister harper i think said it very well when president obama visited ottawa after the election when he said that a threat to the united states is a threat to canada and i think that very much captures the nature of the relationship that we have with one another. we are working to deal with managing the 5500-mile border, the longest border between two countries in the world. one of my predecessors once said that security always trumps trade in a relationship. and i think over the last 10...
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even if president obama is elected to a second term. in fact i suppose on the sorted nixon goes to china principle you could say that the president-elect mitt romney would be in a better position to surprise some people, many of them unpleasantly, by committing himself to the ratification in any event, that is de mullen coley note the i feel should be struck at the end of this conversation. >> with the first think the panel for all of the enthusiasm they shared with us today and let me know open the questions if you could identify yourself and put a short question. >> we have the microphone coming up. >> i haven't been drinking this morning but i was sobered up by suzanne -- [laughter] and now the situation of iran which are completely shared but it really raises the question which is is their nothing that can be done on the negotiation front to head off what looks like an inevitable military confrontation? and since then the judge judgment was the only effective way to dealing with iran speak of nuclear weapons programs is to use force
even if president obama is elected to a second term. in fact i suppose on the sorted nixon goes to china principle you could say that the president-elect mitt romney would be in a better position to surprise some people, many of them unpleasantly, by committing himself to the ratification in any event, that is de mullen coley note the i feel should be struck at the end of this conversation. >> with the first think the panel for all of the enthusiasm they shared with us today and let me...
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when president obama's -- was elected he cut the budget for missile defense by $1.4 billion and he killed the -- the ground-based interceptor in poland. now, at that time our intelligence -- this is very significant. our intelligence had said that we -- that iran will have the capability of sending a nuclear weapon over a delivery system by 2015. well, the obama administration, they cut that program and said no, they're not going to have that capability until 2020. guess what happened just two or three days ago, two or three days ago secretary panetta said on "60 minutes" he believes we would be able to pro -- that iran wieb able to procedure a newark -- procure a nuclear well e.p.w. in a year or two years and then another years and that would be 2015. now we know we were right in the bush administration, we know the danger that the obama administration has put us in and i think the people are going to have to understand that this is true. for us to use the system that president obama wants to use, we would have to have capability, it's called -- it's a system called sm-32-b. that system
when president obama's -- was elected he cut the budget for missile defense by $1.4 billion and he killed the -- the ground-based interceptor in poland. now, at that time our intelligence -- this is very significant. our intelligence had said that we -- that iran will have the capability of sending a nuclear weapon over a delivery system by 2015. well, the obama administration, they cut that program and said no, they're not going to have that capability until 2020. guess what happened just two...
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the tea party knocked barack obama for a loop and took control of the house. tax-cut scum of fights over the budget, debt ceiling, deficit-reduction ceiling, deficit-reduction, the awesome a bin laden raid, egypt, libya. how he made the decisions he made and why he took the actions that he took but also explained this is done in a way of the theory he could make the 2012 race of choice between different ideologies and approaches to governments and different sets of values. he was it tethered to the idea about a choice. . .
the tea party knocked barack obama for a loop and took control of the house. tax-cut scum of fights over the budget, debt ceiling, deficit-reduction ceiling, deficit-reduction, the awesome a bin laden raid, egypt, libya. how he made the decisions he made and why he took the actions that he took but also explained this is done in a way of the theory he could make the 2012 race of choice between different ideologies and approaches to governments and different sets of values. he was it tethered to...
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>> guest: i think it is unlikely we're going to see obama get free elective although understand the polls give a substantial advantage and i see a sizable number of undecided looking at mexico flexible, eight to 9% of people are not decided and vote for gary johnson in new mexico. i think ultimately though this is another carter presidency. i think this is what happens. our best leaders are not visionaries, but obama is neither a visionary or competent leader. he is miscast and there is a tragic element to all of this. >> host: does this give you an idea for another book? can you tell us a little bit about it? thank you very much. this has been an extraordinary interview and congratulations once again on your new book, " leading from behind." that was "after words," booktv signature program in which authors of the latest nonfiction books are interviewed by journalists, public policy makers, legislators and others familiar with the material. "after words" errors every weekend of booktv at 10 p.m. on saturday, 12 p.m. and 9 p.m. sunday and 12 a.m. on monday. you can also watch "after words"
>> guest: i think it is unlikely we're going to see obama get free elective although understand the polls give a substantial advantage and i see a sizable number of undecided looking at mexico flexible, eight to 9% of people are not decided and vote for gary johnson in new mexico. i think ultimately though this is another carter presidency. i think this is what happens. our best leaders are not visionaries, but obama is neither a visionary or competent leader. he is miscast and there is a...
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then ab analysis of the 2012 election with presidential campaign advisers to president obama and mitt romney. florida will be the keynote speaker this saturday at the political fund-raiser for iowa governor terri branstad. he has been mentioned at the potential presidential candidate. miami book fair is live this weekend with two cays of non-fiction books, author panels, interviews and your calls, e-mails and tweets. featured authors include many people. with a panel that includes the widow carol blue. our live coverage starts saturday morning at 10:00 eastern and sunday at noon on c-span2 booktv. join us online with exclusive author chats on facebook@facebook.com/booktv. >>> chief of navel officers talks about the state of the u.s. navy and the strategy for the asia-pacific region. he also talking about the pace of operations and leadership within the navy. from the national press club, this is about an hour. [inaudible] press.org/institute. on behalf of our members worldwide, i would like to welcome the speaker and those attending the event. and if you hear applause in the audience,
then ab analysis of the 2012 election with presidential campaign advisers to president obama and mitt romney. florida will be the keynote speaker this saturday at the political fund-raiser for iowa governor terri branstad. he has been mentioned at the potential presidential candidate. miami book fair is live this weekend with two cays of non-fiction books, author panels, interviews and your calls, e-mails and tweets. featured authors include many people. with a panel that includes the widow...
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. >> president obama is in asia. his first trip when he was elected was here in ottawa. his first trip for his reelection was asia. you both you asia as important both of you are committed to enhancing free trade. you are looking at 50 trade deals. i wanted to ask you -- when our organization was founded 25 years ago, we were founded to be a proponent of free trade. there are not enough voices on either side of the border that point out the benefits. that is why we started it. my observation is that canadians are more open to free trade than americans. their message is of protectionism. what are your observations? what do you attribute the difference to? >> in negotiations on trade agreement -- we are and 50 to go she asians. one is with the european union. ppp is nother big one. we are in the later stages of the european negotiations. that is 27 negotiations. there has been a chairman to shift in this country since i got involved in politics in the mid 1980's. one of the ships have trade protectionism. it is probably true -- i cannot remember the numbers. it is probably
. >> president obama is in asia. his first trip when he was elected was here in ottawa. his first trip for his reelection was asia. you both you asia as important both of you are committed to enhancing free trade. you are looking at 50 trade deals. i wanted to ask you -- when our organization was founded 25 years ago, we were founded to be a proponent of free trade. there are not enough voices on either side of the border that point out the benefits. that is why we started it. my...
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they are in a re-elect obama mode. and it poured money the first 45 minutes, they seem to have a straight line into c-span every morning because vacant and weigh about there at large population average. >> host: and that, you are an unhappy viewer. where'd you get your information from? >> caller: i read. i recently discontinued and i said the same that c-span is an. i listen, watch television and i watch all the stations. i pick and choose the truth. >> host: i won't argue back here, but i tell you our staff is not from npr. we've hired people from a number of organizations around town, which wouldn't fit into the categories and they're all here blending them together with our nonpartisan approach and bipartisan approach to covering issues. speak in a bipartisan, this question on twitter. sahil kapur, do you cover other parties such as green party candidate such as jill stein in 2012? the >> guest: i think we have it devoted much coverage to the candidate of the two parties. i think it is a very legitimate point to ma
they are in a re-elect obama mode. and it poured money the first 45 minutes, they seem to have a straight line into c-span every morning because vacant and weigh about there at large population average. >> host: and that, you are an unhappy viewer. where'd you get your information from? >> caller: i read. i recently discontinued and i said the same that c-span is an. i listen, watch television and i watch all the stations. i pick and choose the truth. >> host: i won't argue...
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election year strategy. live coverage at 1:15 eastern. >> i do believe that the west for all of its historical shortcomings -- and i am scathing in my book in discussing these shortcomings because they have to be admitted -- or for all of these shortcomings, the west still today represents the most acceptable and workable, universeally workable political culture. >> in 1991 the united states was the only global superpower. today, how to restore its status in the world from former national security adviser brzezinski on his strategic vision saturday night at 10 eastern on after words. also this weekend, did fdr use world war ii as a cover to create a more powerful executive branch? saturday at 11 p.m. and sunday night at 10, the new privacy is no privacy. lori andrews on how your rights are being eroded by social networks. booktv every weekend on c-span2. >> now, a conversation on the influence of super pacs on elections. the u.s. supreme court's ruling on citizenned united v -- citizens united v. the electio
election year strategy. live coverage at 1:15 eastern. >> i do believe that the west for all of its historical shortcomings -- and i am scathing in my book in discussing these shortcomings because they have to be admitted -- or for all of these shortcomings, the west still today represents the most acceptable and workable, universeally workable political culture. >> in 1991 the united states was the only global superpower. today, how to restore its status in the world from former...
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election day is november 6th. good night. >> on washington journal tomorrow morning, gary how goes through the math of the electoral college and the votes that president obama and mitt romney need to win the presidency. then we revisit the 2000 presidential election with former florida supreme court chief justice, charles wells, who presided over the bush versus gore race on the state level. and later, probal historian discusses the history of close elections. election day on washington journal, liervetion 7:00 a.m. eastern, on c-span. >> while you watch our election night coverage tomorrow, go online to our election hub. you'll find interactive maps with election result in the presidential race and the senate, house and governor contests, updates on the balance of power in congress, plus track the state ballot initiatives, all in real time as the results come in. election hub at c-span.org. >> you're watching c-span2. will politics and public affairs weekdays, featuring live coverage of the u.s. senate. on week n
election day is november 6th. good night. >> on washington journal tomorrow morning, gary how goes through the math of the electoral college and the votes that president obama and mitt romney need to win the presidency. then we revisit the 2000 presidential election with former florida supreme court chief justice, charles wells, who presided over the bush versus gore race on the state level. and later, probal historian discusses the history of close elections. election day on washington...
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we had this discussion, romney/obama. and yet as was said, secretary clinton's trip, and the more shaping power, that the president makes, who is the secretary of defense and secretary of state? like the wine from pulp fiction. personality matters. goes a long way. look at the difference between secretary rumsfeld versus gates and on the one hand you will never be able to draw out from candidate who are you going to appoint you can get a sense of the type of people they would appoint by asking what are your examples of best secretary of defense or best secretary of state? i know what obama would say. i don't know what romney would say or gates who served under obama. >> interesting to know that to get a better indicator where they want to see the department go. >> moderator of meet the press. >> i am at brookings. can they do both? >> we should mention the broad budget environment. we have a situation that backs up marvin's point because mid romney has been specific about wanting to increase defense but not about increasi
we had this discussion, romney/obama. and yet as was said, secretary clinton's trip, and the more shaping power, that the president makes, who is the secretary of defense and secretary of state? like the wine from pulp fiction. personality matters. goes a long way. look at the difference between secretary rumsfeld versus gates and on the one hand you will never be able to draw out from candidate who are you going to appoint you can get a sense of the type of people they would appoint by asking...
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re-elected. i understand the poll give a -- look at new mexico 8 to 9% of undecided. 7% vote for gary johnson. i think ultimately, i think this is another carter presidency. i think obama is neither a visionary or a competent leader. he's miscast and there's a tragic element to all of this, actually. >> host: has it given you an idea for another book. >> guest: i have something in the works. >> host: can you tell us about it? >> guest: no. >> host: congratulations on your new book. >> guest: thank you. and 10:00 p.m. on saturday. 12:00 a.m. and 9 p.m. on sunday. go to booktv.org and click on afterwords and the booktv series and topics list on the upper right side of the page. michael gordon achieved military correspondent for "the new york times" and journalist and retired marine corps. general provided an indepth account of the war in iran and the "end game." the inside struggle from iraq from bush to barack obama. in eisenhower's secret battle to shave the world. he recounts the ten year presid
re-elected. i understand the poll give a -- look at new mexico 8 to 9% of undecided. 7% vote for gary johnson. i think ultimately, i think this is another carter presidency. i think obama is neither a visionary or a competent leader. he's miscast and there's a tragic element to all of this, actually. >> host: has it given you an idea for another book. >> guest: i have something in the works. >> host: can you tell us about it? >> guest: no. >> host: congratulations...
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it doesn't reflect the reality that president obama was elected to serve and to fill these vacancies in a meaningful way. the process is bipartisan. certainly the senate consideration of these nominees should be bipartisan as well. madam president, i see the senator from michigan on the floor and i'd like to make one additional statement placed in a separate place in the record, if i might, with respect to an issue in my home state of illinois. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: and i will be very brief, but it's something that means a lot to me and to my state. madam president, it was just about ten days ago that a tornado struck harrisburg, illinois. this is a picture of some of the devastation. it doesn't tell the story. i have been a child of illinois and grew up in what we consider to be tornado alley all my life. being dragged out of bed in the middle of the night with the air raid siren blaring by my dad to head down to the basement was just one of the rites of passage. luckily our home was never hit but we saw a lot of homes that were. they might have some
it doesn't reflect the reality that president obama was elected to serve and to fill these vacancies in a meaningful way. the process is bipartisan. certainly the senate consideration of these nominees should be bipartisan as well. madam president, i see the senator from michigan on the floor and i'd like to make one additional statement placed in a separate place in the record, if i might, with respect to an issue in my home state of illinois. the presiding officer: without objection. mr....
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even though they tried to pin these potential effects on president obama. he carried virginia. and i think the reason for that is that the potential effects were not as deep as advertised. people didn't go into the voting booth saying, oh, my goodness, we're going to fall into the ocean if this change in our budget goes forward. part of it is because it's a lot smaller than suggested, part of it is because the contractors are still doing quite well, certainly better than we are. for example, a company like lockheed martin has tens of billions of dollars in backlog that they can work through. there's billions of dollars already in the pipeline in the government that they will receive. any cuts that occur will phase in over time. they're not going to happen on january 2nd. so for these reasons and the fact that the cuts are quite modest by historical standards, these companies aren't going away. they may have to curb their profits a bit, they may have to rethink why they pay their executives $20 million a year -- although i'm not holding my breath -- but they
even though they tried to pin these potential effects on president obama. he carried virginia. and i think the reason for that is that the potential effects were not as deep as advertised. people didn't go into the voting booth saying, oh, my goodness, we're going to fall into the ocean if this change in our budget goes forward. part of it is because it's a lot smaller than suggested, part of it is because the contractors are still doing quite well, certainly better than we are. for example, a...
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if obama is threatened by our army for aggressive worktime, he will do anything to get elected clearly. at one point he did say want to be a one term president if necessary i will stand for my purposes. >> well, that's a joke, but -- [laughter] let's go to discussing the origins of how iran became a so-called problems state. ♪ >> the first thing that was done when you select in iran with nationalized the oil. he said this is not going to british. and at that point, the united states decided to back the british and the cia and intelligence organized the toppling of the regime, bringing the shower back to iran he fled and mobilizing religious people in iran. we have one adamant that enemy as common as some and everything justified. >> all attempts by nationalist leaders to breakaway from the american embrace purely to defend their own country and to take rights away from the american corporations to favor for people in these countries will seem as a communist outrage. >> topple them, get rid of them. >> if there means linking up with the worst elements in south america or iran or asia,
if obama is threatened by our army for aggressive worktime, he will do anything to get elected clearly. at one point he did say want to be a one term president if necessary i will stand for my purposes. >> well, that's a joke, but -- [laughter] let's go to discussing the origins of how iran became a so-called problems state. ♪ >> the first thing that was done when you select in iran with nationalized the oil. he said this is not going to british. and at that point, the united...
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goals by the 2010 election and the rest is history. that is really really where this is that we view ourselves as a counterbalance. in fact, in 2010, you can think of the crossroads has been the biggest thing in the 2010 election network. the expenditures were by the american federation of state and county municipal employees. the labor union of the bureaucrats on the capital's. the second biggest spending group is the u.s. chamber, but then fbi you, service employees international union and the national education association, a first-year teachers unions. the three of the top five spending were labor unions and were very disclosed every month. a lot of what labor does is not disclosed at the same way. they have not been visible. idea back between 20,792,011, impacting the political process of the state and local level. it's a lot of money in politics, but a lot of people are talking about were the most money is coming from. this alternative back. >> so american crossroads is very quivery active in the presidential election. if you go
goals by the 2010 election and the rest is history. that is really really where this is that we view ourselves as a counterbalance. in fact, in 2010, you can think of the crossroads has been the biggest thing in the 2010 election network. the expenditures were by the american federation of state and county municipal employees. the labor union of the bureaucrats on the capital's. the second biggest spending group is the u.s. chamber, but then fbi you, service employees international union and...
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the lgbt committee went president obama was elected into washington with an agenda and they pushed their agenda but when it comes to the youth movement, when it comes to african-americans, when president obama got elected with our hope and change post and a veterans and were like yeah, we won. and we sat down. we had no agenda. so people are saying the president didn't do enough for african-americans, but where were we, where was the people saying this is what we want you to do. we want you to do x., z., y. i think one we reelect him and 70 days. on day 71, what we need to do as a committee, both as young people, as african-americans we need to sit down and come up with a collective agenda and we need to take our agenda to washington. our agenda need to come to washington and we need to have a fight with anybody is going to get in the way of our agenda. that's what we saw the hispanic community do. one community that i novel out is how to get was the lgbt committee. if you got in that way, they ran commercials in your district. they sent out mail in your district. they did everything pos
the lgbt committee went president obama was elected into washington with an agenda and they pushed their agenda but when it comes to the youth movement, when it comes to african-americans, when president obama got elected with our hope and change post and a veterans and were like yeah, we won. and we sat down. we had no agenda. so people are saying the president didn't do enough for african-americans, but where were we, where was the people saying this is what we want you to do. we want you to...
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obama had enough time. ito'he chose to do this to helpe election. the american public is not even. most democrats are living in a mythological world. most of them are following the democratic party because of what they did in the 1960's. to the federal government could could not play that program. they're following it. they did not have proper control. it got out of hand. if they would have put in place proper guidance, every time they tried to get under control. everybody gets confused. they cannot control it. host: us look at our schedule this after name -- this afternoon. a full day of politics. the president travels to hollywood, fla. for a mid- afternoon rally. he will be joined by debbie wasserman shall. that gets under way at 3:40 p.m. eastern. a lot of attention on pennsylvania. mitt romney will be traveling to the philadelphia area for a campaign appearance. live coverage at 5:25 p.m. eastern here on c-span. next is felix from california. caller: good morning. i mean democratic voter. -- i am an independent voter. what i heard from joe biden today is the fact that the prob
obama had enough time. ito'he chose to do this to helpe election. the american public is not even. most democrats are living in a mythological world. most of them are following the democratic party because of what they did in the 1960's. to the federal government could could not play that program. they're following it. they did not have proper control. it got out of hand. if they would have put in place proper guidance, every time they tried to get under control. everybody gets confused. they...
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election campaigns are aspirational, the challenge confronting presidents is practical but mr. obama insisted a series of reforms carried out after he took office put the guantanamo commission on par with federal courts and military courts in terms of constitutional safeguards the logic alone refutes this and standards are equal, why do we need both? more of a military tribunal historically object of last resort rather than political convenience as they appear to be today. it exudes the width of an administration cherry picking the venue which seems likely to produce a favored outcome. hardly the evidence of the judicial system be politicized. by allowing for a pilot review and admitting here say evidence and ignoring the sixth amendment safeguard of confrontation among other defects the commission virtually guaranteed that guilty verdicts would be mired in protracted appeal. in short the candidate got it right that the guantanamo commissions are unjust and unnecessary and not the path to swift justice americans deserve. mr. obama bears responsibility for the position in which
election campaigns are aspirational, the challenge confronting presidents is practical but mr. obama insisted a series of reforms carried out after he took office put the guantanamo commission on par with federal courts and military courts in terms of constitutional safeguards the logic alone refutes this and standards are equal, why do we need both? more of a military tribunal historically object of last resort rather than political convenience as they appear to be today. it exudes the width...
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anti-obama students, pro-romney students came out onto the campus and demonstrated. the right, they can do that against the results of the election, and a handful of students were screaming out racial slurs. putting that in context, then the next day three times that amount of people showed up for a candlelighter is mopeny protesting the -- ceremony, protesting the incident the night before. so mississippi was, mississippi is. it's moving on. but, yes, you're right. there's more and more that should come out and talk about it. so you can get a balanced picture that their view of the south may not be the correct view today. it's not just a bunch of rioters throwing bricks. thank you. john. >> henry, can you talk a little more about the special security detail that you had following, you know, your initial -- >> sure. >> -- and how were, i assume you were just chosen for that, but was there -- do you know why you were chosen for that? >> well, i'd gone through the -- >> how did it end? >> yeah, yeah, thank you. i was the lead jeep in my battalion from fort dix, new jer
anti-obama students, pro-romney students came out onto the campus and demonstrated. the right, they can do that against the results of the election, and a handful of students were screaming out racial slurs. putting that in context, then the next day three times that amount of people showed up for a candlelighter is mopeny protesting the -- ceremony, protesting the incident the night before. so mississippi was, mississippi is. it's moving on. but, yes, you're right. there's more and more that...
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was elected. double the entire debt i and the course we remain on does not get better. this is their budget numbers. this is the course that america is on, and we're not getting off of. it is $1 trillion a year in deficits. the u.s. debt per household is now $137,000 per household, up $80,000 since just 2002. and while americans tighten their budgets to make ends meet in the family, congress has not passed a budget in 1,239 days. erskine bowles, president obama asked him to chair the debt commission, noted recently -- i saw him on television just a few moments ago at a conference -- he said, when you consider social security, medicare, medicaid, food stamps, entitlement programs and interest on the debt, that's what the tax revenue pays for, everything above that is funded by borrowed money. that's what he said. is he correct? absolutely. we're now borrowing 40 cents of every dollar we spend, and it's not sustainable. mr. bowles at that conference repeat what had he said before the budget committe
was elected. double the entire debt i and the course we remain on does not get better. this is their budget numbers. this is the course that america is on, and we're not getting off of. it is $1 trillion a year in deficits. the u.s. debt per household is now $137,000 per household, up $80,000 since just 2002. and while americans tighten their budgets to make ends meet in the family, congress has not passed a budget in 1,239 days. erskine bowles, president obama asked him to chair the debt...
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there is no parallel between fidel castro and barack obama. he's never been elected to anything. and -- never run for office to put his name. i'm not sure where you got that from. i've drawn parallels between places where government dominates the economy and the direction the president and some of his party want to take us, but you would goes well beyond that. not just about government dominating the economy. going to jail for access the internet coming getting beat up on the side of the church because he dared speak out against the gunman. that doesn't happen here. >> to you feel less free than you did four years ago? >> i don't know if just the right way to put it. our future economic options are being significantly diminished by some of the choices that have been made by the president and his party. out give your real world example as of federal employee i am blessed to have a chance of a federal savings account for health care. after a survey. i wish more americans had those. you know what i use that for? use to pay my copayment. when i have an accident on a golf corporate to
there is no parallel between fidel castro and barack obama. he's never been elected to anything. and -- never run for office to put his name. i'm not sure where you got that from. i've drawn parallels between places where government dominates the economy and the direction the president and some of his party want to take us, but you would goes well beyond that. not just about government dominating the economy. going to jail for access the internet coming getting beat up on the side of the church...
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there is a status quo election, obama states in the white is, democrats keep the senate, there is an assumption that will have to go back into the aca and fix things that we couldn't do before. if that happens, you know, what d.c. could be possible fixes? what gets reopen? >> i think you will have a political discussion about what fixing really means. and fixing the democrats and fixing the republicans, probably is a very different, probably a different understanding. so i think that probably is a threshold question you sort of deal with first year. .. >> a narrow bucket of how do you pay for it and less on what does the permanent doc fix need to look like. so we had a series of round tables where we had providers and stakeholders examine that question. and, you know, that's, i think, been a big part of the focus this year as we work toward something permanent, what does it look like. the doc fix, i think, has to be responsive, i think, to that kind of shift as well. in the meantime, though, we know we're going to need to do a doc fix. there's bipartisan consensus that that'sing some
there is a status quo election, obama states in the white is, democrats keep the senate, there is an assumption that will have to go back into the aca and fix things that we couldn't do before. if that happens, you know, what d.c. could be possible fixes? what gets reopen? >> i think you will have a political discussion about what fixing really means. and fixing the democrats and fixing the republicans, probably is a very different, probably a different understanding. so i think that...
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they've had three years plus to look at president obama, and they're not there. traditionally, i knew in my elections what i got the first ballot was usually the top i was going to get -- >> what you see is what you get. >> they knew me, i'd been familiar with me, i'd been to their picnics and parades and kissed their babies, and if they didn't like me at the beginning, it was going to be a hard sell to get them unless i could really damage my opponent. i think the president's in a similar position, but romney has to make the sale. and reagan, as you know, he didn't come up until the very end. but they're looking around, and that's a dangerous place for a president to be. and the more he caters to his base and becomes a mobilization electorate, the more alienated these groups become. hard to go after independents and have a mobilization electorate at the same time. it's state by state, and every state has a different kind of coalitional components to put together to muster a majority. and the obama team is very savvy at doing this. it's looking at this very caref
they've had three years plus to look at president obama, and they're not there. traditionally, i knew in my elections what i got the first ballot was usually the top i was going to get -- >> what you see is what you get. >> they knew me, i'd been familiar with me, i'd been to their picnics and parades and kissed their babies, and if they didn't like me at the beginning, it was going to be a hard sell to get them unless i could really damage my opponent. i think the president's in a...
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let's assume for a moment that president obama wins re-election. how much flexibility to deal on entitlement will the democratic caucus allow him? >> i would say it starts with our commitment to make the promise of medicare and social security. that has to be the beginning of the debate. it -- we will not accept turning medicare to a voucher, premium support whatever you want to call it. it is a nonstarter for us. we feel if the beginning premise is that we will not shift the cost essentially completely almost, you know, the increase in cost to individuals seniors and their families, then i think we can have a discussion. i think we also have to begin the discussion with the fact that what has been said by both mitt romney and paul ryan and all of the republicans is that the affordable care act hurt medicare is also a nonstarter for us. -- they know the reality is. one, the republicans and paul ryans use the same $700 billion in cuts to insurance company and providers in their budget. and in fact, what we have done and since did put yourself on a p
let's assume for a moment that president obama wins re-election. how much flexibility to deal on entitlement will the democratic caucus allow him? >> i would say it starts with our commitment to make the promise of medicare and social security. that has to be the beginning of the debate. it -- we will not accept turning medicare to a voucher, premium support whatever you want to call it. it is a nonstarter for us. we feel if the beginning premise is that we will not shift the cost...
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napolitano was twice elected governor of arizona. she was the first woman to chair the national governors' association and was named one of the top five governors in the country by "time" magazine. prior to that, secretary napolitano served as the u.s. attorney for the district of arizona and was the first female attorney general of arizona. please come join me in welcoming secretary janet napolitano to the national press club. [applause] thank you for the introduction and for the warm welcome. it's great to be back at the national press club. i want to thank all of you for coming. you know, established nearly nine years ago, the department of homeland security is still a relatively young agency. its creation represents one of the most sizable reorganizations within the department of government since the department of war and the part of the navy were combined to create the department of the defense we project a year land and sea borders and increasingly cyberspace. a guard against terrorist attacks and groups like al qaeda and homeg
napolitano was twice elected governor of arizona. she was the first woman to chair the national governors' association and was named one of the top five governors in the country by "time" magazine. prior to that, secretary napolitano served as the u.s. attorney for the district of arizona and was the first female attorney general of arizona. please come join me in welcoming secretary janet napolitano to the national press club. [applause] thank you for the introduction and for the...
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i keep hearing this thing about, oh, you know, wait until obama gets elected. he'll stop laughing anytime everybody mentions this, the idea of legalization. legalization, by the way, is not just some libertarian fancy. in opinion polls and in the voting in referenda in all of the states that it's come up in, it's more popular than gay marriage. it's more popular than a lot of stuff that has moved into the consensus of acceptable discussion. it's only in official washington that this hasn't been, you know, been accepted. and by the way, i hate to pick the liberals, cut the liberals down one more time, but i have never in my life heard legalization of drugs talked about in a presidential debate until the first republican primary debate of either end of last year or this year when both gary johnson and ron paul brought it up, and they actually got big rounds of applause. they did not get booed off the stage. they got laughed at by mitt romney and all the rest of them, but, you know, you take out the little what we call in marxist theory the superstructure of, you
i keep hearing this thing about, oh, you know, wait until obama gets elected. he'll stop laughing anytime everybody mentions this, the idea of legalization. legalization, by the way, is not just some libertarian fancy. in opinion polls and in the voting in referenda in all of the states that it's come up in, it's more popular than gay marriage. it's more popular than a lot of stuff that has moved into the consensus of acceptable discussion. it's only in official washington that this hasn't...
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let's just say for the sake of argument that, in fact, obama does win this election as now seems more probable than not. there's going to be a lot of disappointment, angst and so on on the republican side. how do you think the debate's going to play out? how closely are people in the party going to grapple if this does happen with some of the issues we've just been discussing? >> i think it's going to play out in a way that will both disappoint conservative activists and democrats. so, basically, the reason why idealogues like me care about this election is a the affordable care act, and i think when you look at a lot of folks on the right, there's a real belief that the affordable care act creates a universal health system that is going to prove problematic in lot of ways, and you also hear this from a lot of liberal policy scholars as well that, you know, kind of basically the divide between esi and the exchanges is a tricky one, and it's hard to see how exactly that's going to play out. we can have a debate about it, but that's the basic idea, that this is going to prove far more c
let's just say for the sake of argument that, in fact, obama does win this election as now seems more probable than not. there's going to be a lot of disappointment, angst and so on on the republican side. how do you think the debate's going to play out? how closely are people in the party going to grapple if this does happen with some of the issues we've just been discussing? >> i think it's going to play out in a way that will both disappoint conservative activists and democrats. so,...
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i mean not tonely did she insure the re-election of president barack obama, but she did it by a making sure at that there was a constant conversation about what women were facing, both economically and with their health care and with their lives every day, pulling us together, making sure every woman in this country knew what was at stake. and, i don't know if anybody gives her credit for this but i will. i think she delivered florida, which is also pretty impressive. [applause] but she has just been an incredible leader, and for our membership, someone to look at, and we really do see her as a role model for some of us. we certainly hope that i know she has three major jobs and i know the folks at emily's list are very much hoping that she keeps all three jobs because we can't imagine sighing the next two years where we have to fight to get the house back. we have one more thing we need to do and having debbie wasserman schultz as chair of the dnc will help us get there. come on up. thank you so much for being here. [applause] >> okay. so i brought cards up because there are some stat
i mean not tonely did she insure the re-election of president barack obama, but she did it by a making sure at that there was a constant conversation about what women were facing, both economically and with their health care and with their lives every day, pulling us together, making sure every woman in this country knew what was at stake. and, i don't know if anybody gives her credit for this but i will. i think she delivered florida, which is also pretty impressive. [applause] but she has...
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i assume the election is now a tossup, the events i referred to were followed by obama's largest lead in the polls this year. if obama loses, i think we can say with assurance that a public disagreement with prime minister benjamin netanyahu had nothing to do with it. i could point to other areas, but you get the idea. discussion of israel and palestine opened up in historic ways. the congress is a lagging indicator rolling out resolutions by the margins everyone is familiar with, but one day, the glass nose penetrates up here as well. what relevance does this have for the next president? unfortunately, i fear not very much. i won't say much about mitt romney. i'd love to be proven wrong, but on the basis of the public statements, private comments that have become public, and choice of foreign policy advisers, there's no chance he will be engaged in starting a peace process. obama's a different matter. he wants a palestinian state. he was decisively rebuked in the first year and a half of the administration, couldn't persuade israel to carry out a settlement freeze, much less withdraw
i assume the election is now a tossup, the events i referred to were followed by obama's largest lead in the polls this year. if obama loses, i think we can say with assurance that a public disagreement with prime minister benjamin netanyahu had nothing to do with it. i could point to other areas, but you get the idea. discussion of israel and palestine opened up in historic ways. the congress is a lagging indicator rolling out resolutions by the margins everyone is familiar with, but one day,...
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issues the political observer, the obama turnout. there's this restaurant near the church that we go to, a catholic church that right next door is a storefront, obama for america organizing before the election, seen what are they doing? what could they possibly be doing? now we know. >> they're registering voters. >> they're registering voters and turning them out in ways they never have before. it admiration and can't wait to copy and improve it and bring it forward. on the other hand, florida is a state that people are very interested about the future and particularly their opportunity to stay in the middle class or get to the middle class. for whatever reason at the end of the day, which did not do a job of convincing people are desperate irradiate is. >> what can publicans learn from >> whoever has the high ground is going to win. we could never allow that to happen. i think that's important. one lesson we want to make sure from a technological perspective your state-of-the-art in communicating your message to people in identifyi
issues the political observer, the obama turnout. there's this restaurant near the church that we go to, a catholic church that right next door is a storefront, obama for america organizing before the election, seen what are they doing? what could they possibly be doing? now we know. >> they're registering voters. >> they're registering voters and turning them out in ways they never have before. it admiration and can't wait to copy and improve it and bring it forward. on the other...
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obama: that's not true. romney: oh, you didn't want a -- obama: no, what i would not have done is leaf 10,000 troops in iraq that would tie us down. romney: i'm sorry, you actually -- there was an effort on the part of the president to have a status of forces agreement, and i concurred and said we should have some number of troops -- obama: governor -- romney: that was my posture as well. i think there should have been more troops, but the answer was -- obama: this is just a few weeks ago that you indicated we should still have troops in iraq. romney: i'm sorry, that's -- obama: you made a speech. romney: i indicated that you failed to put in place a status of forces agreement at the end of the conflict that -- obama: golf, here's one thing -- governor, here's one thing i've learned as commander in chief. you've got to be clear both to our allies and our enemies about where you stand. and what you mean. now, you just gave a speech a few weeks ago in which you said we should still have troops in iraq. that is
obama: that's not true. romney: oh, you didn't want a -- obama: no, what i would not have done is leaf 10,000 troops in iraq that would tie us down. romney: i'm sorry, you actually -- there was an effort on the part of the president to have a status of forces agreement, and i concurred and said we should have some number of troops -- obama: governor -- romney: that was my posture as well. i think there should have been more troops, but the answer was -- obama: this is just a few weeks ago that...
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president obama wins ohio he wins the election, but he wins the election because he still has that firewall in the southwest. i think nevada and new mexico, you can't count those out. though safing, new mexico is with president obama and nevada is leaning towards obama and the ground game and nevada, his ground game in nevada's second to none. colorado seems to be slipping away but i still would not completely give up on that. so i still would contend that if president obama wins the presidency it will be because he will have won ohio but then it will be because he has been able to put into his column states like new mexico and nevada, no question about that and in ohio the latino vote is 3% of the population. the voters are probably 2%, maybe 1.5 but you're absolutely right when you have 166,000 eligible latino voters in ohio and a state that is so crucial in a campaign and a race that is so close, every single latino vote is going to count. >> ana? >> i think the firewall is on fire. and i think he has got, i think president obama -- [inaudible] >> we are being deported from the first clu
president obama wins ohio he wins the election, but he wins the election because he still has that firewall in the southwest. i think nevada and new mexico, you can't count those out. though safing, new mexico is with president obama and nevada is leaning towards obama and the ground game and nevada, his ground game in nevada's second to none. colorado seems to be slipping away but i still would not completely give up on that. so i still would contend that if president obama wins the presidency...
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we haven't arrived at the obama elections. it seems clear that we are going to stay out of this for the next several months and hopefully we will see the opposition unified and begin to develop a leadership, better command and control, and that they will begin to do this on their own. thank you very much. [applause] >> we are going to open the floor to your questions. we won't take any comments. we will just take a question. there is an overflow on the floor, and we will take questions from them. just wait for the microphone. we have the microphone here, please. thank you. >> from the atlantic council it's great to see you here. >> nice to see you. >> obviously obama doesn't want to get involved until after our e elections but could intervene much if against its own people we've seen reports that they are moving chemical weapons. if there is a mass atrocities, what should be the response and what is the response. >> obviously public sentiment drives policy to a certain degree. these would create a groundswell sympathy and horr
we haven't arrived at the obama elections. it seems clear that we are going to stay out of this for the next several months and hopefully we will see the opposition unified and begin to develop a leadership, better command and control, and that they will begin to do this on their own. thank you very much. [applause] >> we are going to open the floor to your questions. we won't take any comments. we will just take a question. there is an overflow on the floor, and we will take questions...
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president obama will have the most post-election judicial confirmations of any president. this year has been a productive year for judicial confirmations. we have already confirmed 39 district judges and five circuit judges. today's vote meets or exceeds the confirmations for presidential election years in recent memory. during the last presidential election year, 2008, the senate confirmed a total of 28 judges, 24 district and four circuit. this presidential election year, we have exceeded those numbers. we have confirmed five circuit nominees, and these confirmations will bring the district confirmations to 41. that is a total of 46 judges this year versus 28 in the last presidential election year. in fact, going back to 1984, there has been only one presidential election year in which more district judges were confirmed. so let me emphasize that point. in only one of the past presidential elections have more district nominees been confirmed. during this congress, the 112th, we have confirmed 106 judges. that is the third highest total for any congress going back to 1989
president obama will have the most post-election judicial confirmations of any president. this year has been a productive year for judicial confirmations. we have already confirmed 39 district judges and five circuit judges. today's vote meets or exceeds the confirmations for presidential election years in recent memory. during the last presidential election year, 2008, the senate confirmed a total of 28 judges, 24 district and four circuit. this presidential election year, we have exceeded...
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in the last election? >> caller: no, i didn't vote for president obama because when i did my research about him, he has no idea what people like us are about. he basically has been, like i said earlier, cultivated by white america. >> host: are you voting this year in the presidential election? >> caller: not going to waste my time. both are debt detrimental to me. >> host: not connecting with o either candidates. >> guest: you raised a number of important points. i'll take a couple. in terms of african-american progress in the country, it's irresponsible of anyone to say we have not made economic, social, educational progress as black people in the country since the civil rights movement. that just wouldn't be true. it does matter. it is significant that we have an african-american president; however, i would agree with my friend who says this is not a post-racial america, and that that doesn't exist. it does not and probably never will, not in my lifetime. with that said, i say to you, however, get invol
in the last election? >> caller: no, i didn't vote for president obama because when i did my research about him, he has no idea what people like us are about. he basically has been, like i said earlier, cultivated by white america. >> host: are you voting this year in the presidential election? >> caller: not going to waste my time. both are debt detrimental to me. >> host: not connecting with o either candidates. >> guest: you raised a number of important points....
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right after the iranian presidential election in 2009, ahmadinejad send a message to barack obama via the former head of iaea that he wanted, ahmadinejad wanted direct talks with the united states and is ready to cooperate and help the in afghanistan and elsewhere. this was the message. in october 2009 the highest-level talks ever held between american and iranians took place between u.s. undersecretary and iran's top nuclear negotiator. president barack obama also made some unprecedented diplomatic gestures toward iran. raising hopes that animosities that have plagued u.s./iran relations for the past three decades might be overcome, and rapprochement achieved. president obama's call for engagement without precondition and set was the first for any american president since iran's 1979 revolution. hence, obama's initial gesture were met with positive sign from tehran. obama sent two letters to iran's supreme leader, ayatollah khamenei, who responded. in addition to two add information have -- administration have quietly encouraged one-half-track dialogue in one former high u.s. officia
right after the iranian presidential election in 2009, ahmadinejad send a message to barack obama via the former head of iaea that he wanted, ahmadinejad wanted direct talks with the united states and is ready to cooperate and help the in afghanistan and elsewhere. this was the message. in october 2009 the highest-level talks ever held between american and iranians took place between u.s. undersecretary and iran's top nuclear negotiator. president barack obama also made some unprecedented...
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romney will not do that less is elected and maybe not then. as an american citizen, how do we do with the looming catastrophe ever recognizes is coming, but nobody really wants to stand up and take a really tough choices that will be made. >> let me say one thing is the background here. in this room five or six years ago, alice rivlin stood up and said during a debate like this that she was afraid that we would not solve this crisis until a disaster occurred on until there was a crisis, some sort of financial crisis i think it's still a realistic possibility. were going to have some kind of disaster are given worse in our recent financial disaster before politician will face what they have to face. having said that, the revenue side ironically for all is the easiest. the tax code is so bad. in fact, i'll tell you how you might get republicans to do appear a tax code is so bad that everyone agrees you had to broaden the base and reduce rates through the classic way to reform. you should have a broad-based embolus rates possible. you can do that
romney will not do that less is elected and maybe not then. as an american citizen, how do we do with the looming catastrophe ever recognizes is coming, but nobody really wants to stand up and take a really tough choices that will be made. >> let me say one thing is the background here. in this room five or six years ago, alice rivlin stood up and said during a debate like this that she was afraid that we would not solve this crisis until a disaster occurred on until there was a crisis,...
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the robber barrens of the 19th century, and i wonder if people, one, thinking about the presidential election, think that you are demonizing the rich, demonizing mitt romney, that are simply tools of the left wing, the democrats, and president obama. >> guest: we may well be, but we've been consistent for 40 years. >> host: okay. >> guest: we just believe the playing field should be level, that's all. level. >> guest: we've been writing about taxes for many, many years, and have advocated a fairer system than we have now, but those are the good old days compared to what's happened in the last 10-15 years in terms of rate cuts and the way the rates for the very wealthy changedded. this is not new to us. look at obama's tax plan and ours and say, well, you're endorsing it. we've been writing about these things for quite a while, but on other areas like trade and deregulation, our criticisms are -- you see the fingerprints of both parties there. there's no doubt about that. you see an awful lot of democrats who bought into the free trade ideas, and by buying into it, i mean, without the kinds of
the robber barrens of the 19th century, and i wonder if people, one, thinking about the presidential election, think that you are demonizing the rich, demonizing mitt romney, that are simply tools of the left wing, the democrats, and president obama. >> guest: we may well be, but we've been consistent for 40 years. >> host: okay. >> guest: we just believe the playing field should be level, that's all. level. >> guest: we've been writing about taxes for many, many years,...
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even after president obama's election, it took until may 19, 2011, for him to nominate miss groh. the president took 848 days to submit the nomination. nearly two years and four months. i have asked where was the nomination. where was the outrage of the other party during all of this time of dilly-dallying around down at the white house? again, we are moving forward under regular order and procedures of the senate. this year, we have been in session for about 28 days, including today. during that time, we have confirmed nine judges. that is an average of about one confirmation for every three days. with the confirmation today, the senate will have confirmed 72% of president obama's judicial nominations. i will submit the remainder of my statement for the record, and it contains the biological information on the nominees that we're considering today. i yield the floor. mr. leahy: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: when i hear concerns that the republican delays are all the fault of president obama, it sort of makes me think of some of the d
even after president obama's election, it took until may 19, 2011, for him to nominate miss groh. the president took 848 days to submit the nomination. nearly two years and four months. i have asked where was the nomination. where was the outrage of the other party during all of this time of dilly-dallying around down at the white house? again, we are moving forward under regular order and procedures of the senate. this year, we have been in session for about 28 days, including today. during...
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in terms of the other key factor is who wins the election. if president obama is reelected typically the qdrs of second-term presidents are obviously less dramatic than the first term because they are adjusting off their own baseline. if someone new comes into office typically they do a more full qdr that goes back soup-to-nuts and reviews everything and makes more changes based on that. so it really depends on some circumstances we can't foresee at this point. what we, what our job is in osc but particularly in the military in the joint staff is to really prepare for either case and to insure that we've done the some of the intellectual work to tee up options for a future president, whoever that may be. >> you used the word, reverseability. how would that apply to the industrial support base for defense? which has been pinched in the reese year and foreseason even greater constriction of resources for supportive defense acquisition and r&d? >> for the industrial base it means a couple things. one is a an effort to protect our investment in s
in terms of the other key factor is who wins the election. if president obama is reelected typically the qdrs of second-term presidents are obviously less dramatic than the first term because they are adjusting off their own baseline. if someone new comes into office typically they do a more full qdr that goes back soup-to-nuts and reviews everything and makes more changes based on that. so it really depends on some circumstances we can't foresee at this point. what we, what our job is in osc...
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anti-obama, pro-romney students came out onto the campus and demonstrated. it's their right. they can do that against a result of an election and a handful of students were screaming out racial slurs. putting that in context, the next day three times that amount of people showed up for a candlelight ceremony protesting the incident of the night before. so mississippi was, mississippi is, is moving on. but yes you are right. there is more and more they should come out and talk about it. so you get a balanced picture. their view of the south may not be the correct one today. it's not just a bunch of rioters throwing bricks. thank you. >> henry, could you talk a little more about the special security details that you had following your initial -- and i would assume -- you are chosen for that. did you know why you were chosen for that? >> yeah, thank you. i was the lead in my battalion from ft. dix new jersey, to go down to oxford. we were not prepared. i had to -- my colonel looked at me and he said, do your best. this was after i asked about a map. armies have maps. they have m
anti-obama, pro-romney students came out onto the campus and demonstrated. it's their right. they can do that against a result of an election and a handful of students were screaming out racial slurs. putting that in context, the next day three times that amount of people showed up for a candlelight ceremony protesting the incident of the night before. so mississippi was, mississippi is, is moving on. but yes you are right. there is more and more they should come out and talk about it. so you...